Easter Monday 80 years ago (1934) and a 2nd Division fixture between Southampton and Blackpool.

The programme is 12 pages with notes, league tables for Division 1, Division 2, the London Combination and the Hampshire League, a player photo of J.A.Bradford, team line ups, fixtures and half times.

The fixture list combines Division 2, London Combination and the Hampshire League in one chronological list differentiating between the 3 leagues with different typefaces. Looks strange at first with 3 matches all on the same date.

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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:33 pm
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34 years ago and the season finale on the Isle of Man saw Ramsey battle it out with Rushen Utd for the Cup.

Excellent 8 page programme issued. On the large side but full details of that season's competition, a look at the players involved in the Final and also some reminiscing about the equivalent matches back in 1965 and 1950. Advertising is minimal and confined to the Cup sponsors.

Rushen included veteran defender Ewan Corkish in their line-up - a one-club man who had played for them way back in the 1964 Final.

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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:49 pm
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51 years ago and it seems strange that, in the aftermath of that season's winter and having to squeeze loads of games into a short period of time, Leyton Orient would schedule a friendly for a Friday night to add to the backlog.

But they did and it was Morton, leading the Scottish Second Division, who provided the opponents.

The 16 page programme is like the others in the O's only 1st division season - a strange, almost cobbled-together, publication. This time the lineups are on page 6 and, to see the fixture list, the reader has to turn the programme 90 degrees.

No mention of the match in subsequent Orient programmes so I assume it actually did take place...?